Best movie ever!

Admirable film.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

gray. touching. almost beautiful. profound cruel. and melancholic. a film with a rare, for last decade, de Niro. and an impressive Paul Dano performance. a basic story, like many others. a son, a father, the meeting. and the life like field of battle for each. it is a kind of parable. its virtue - the delicacy to present nuances of shadows , gestures and words.nothing else. nothing more. only reality in frame of a case. and the end as key of a way. it is a film about common existence. frustration, place in world, expectations, lies as forms of survive. seed of reflection. and force of actors performance, wise script , slice of common fact in different light.

When we watch and review films, we often critic the movie in relation to the actors, director and the story. Yet this movie has so much more to offer.Homelessness is not an easy subject matter to approach. Nor the people who end up working in these places. It is a theme we rarely question or consider. In most large cities, we brush past homeless people waiting for others to care for them.The foundation of this movie is about a father/son relationship. But it is also about the hopes, dreams, aspirations we all start out having in life. It is about how we lose our way, how we pick up the pieces and fill in the gaps.It is about the questions we ask ourselves, the answers we come up and what we do when some of those answers begin the make sense. It is about the coincidences that shape our life, from where we can jump off to a firmer footing.This is an incredible movie. Although the immediate beginning is a little disjointed, once it begins to find its stride, WOW! it develops to take on so much more.There are no emotional highs and lows, resulting in a happy ending. This movie is simply a skim through the chapters of the character's lives. And whereas the ending does see the characters settle into their lives providing comfort to the viewers, we should not forget that many homeless people or young men and women who struggle to find their way in life are not always so lucky.

"Being Flynn" is an awkward, semi-detached autobiographical movie based on the memoirs of Nick Flynn written down in his acclaimed book "Another Bullshit Night in Suck City". Nick Flynn (played with true zest by rising quality actor Paul Dano) recaps a period of his life, when still uncertain of having any publishing future encourages him to take up a temporary post at a homeless shelter in Boston. Once there he comes across his estranged and increasingly manic father (a masterful return by Robert De Niro), a self-proclaimed classic writer, who approaches the facility after losing his apartment and livelihood in the form of a taxi business. Left during childhood Nick feels a need for attachment, but simultaneously cannot garner to trust the unfatherly figure. Instead this enhances memories of his mother (played by Julianne Moore), who worked two jobs in an attempt to raise him as a single mother, until finally committing suicide. The situation forces a collision in an extreme situation, as Flynn's father falls from grace with Nick reluctant to help pick up the pieces.A somewhat surprising entry by Paul Weitz, probably best known for being the culprit behind the "American Pie" franchise. Rarely comedic, instead it dabbles in the underbelly of both society and family life, engaging throughout mostly due to the terrific performances by its lead cast. The drama lingers creating atmospheric tension between the two main characters, so even if the movie fails to convey a powerful story and has its moments of prolonged lack of direction, the end result brings about a realistic dark portrait. Somewhat depressing in tone "Being Flynn" above all marks a return to greatness by De Niro and a further marked rise as a future great actor by Paul Dano. Despite some script frailties and occasional incapability for dramatic direction by Weitz, it is still a worthwhile watch and at least a very intriguing character study about generational relations.

Saw this one on DVD from my public library. De Niro and Dano pair well in this father/son story, dirty and gripping at times, alternately sad and funny, it pays off if you watch it all the way through.Robert De Niro is Jonathan Flynn, by his own account one of only three great American authors. Problem is his book has not been published, he is estranged from his grown son for 18 years, and he drives a taxi in New York. He has a running conflict with his downstairs neighbors who play their live music too loud. After an incident where he starts an altercation he is evicted. Paul Dano is his son, Nick Flynn. His mother is dead, he knows that he is his father's son, he has been influenced by his father to become a writer, but when he meets up with dad again fears that he is following too closely in dad's footsteps, becoming a delusional failure and a drunk.Their chance to meet again comes a few weeks after Nick takes a job at a NYC homeless shelter. After Jonathan becomes homeless, lives in his cab for a while, then wrecks it, has to go to the shelter to get out of the winter weather. Jonathan and Nick have an uneasy time of it, but this eventually helps both of them see a way out of their respective plights.Julianne Moore is Jody Flynn , Nick's deceased mother.SPOILERS: Jody had killed herself after reading an unfinished story her son wrote, and he had carried that blame. At one point his dad assures him that no one can cause another to kill themselves. After several tense encounters Jonathan finally gets his own apartment again, seems to be coping well, Nick goes back to college gets his degree and teaches, and writes an award-winning book of poetry.